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Bonner County Commissioners allocate $20,000 in lottery funds for juvenile services, approve two state MOAs
Summary
The Board approved a $20,000 budget adjustment from unexpected lottery-tax revenue for probation services and accepted two memoranda of agreement that bring state-funded treatment options for juveniles at no cost to the county for the 2025–26 fiscal year.
The Bonner County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday moved $20,000 of unanticipated lottery-tax revenue into the probation services FY24–25 budget and approved two memoranda of agreement that bring state funding for juvenile treatment services for the 2025–26 fiscal year.
Justice Services staff told the board that Bonner County received $85,259.67 in lottery tax from the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections and recommended allocating $20,000 of that to cover memberships and small equipment, cellular telephone, repairs and maintenance (equipment and buildings), and food for juvenile residents. “The total lottery tax received from the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections is $85,259.67. We'd like to move $20,000 of that,” the Justice Services director said.
The move was carried by a roll-call vote. The board also approved a memorandum of agreement described by staff as a replacement/amendment to a prior motion to support clinical services at the juvenile detention facility, and separately approved a state MOA to provide Community-Based Alternative Services (CBAS) and substance use disorder services (SUDS) for juvenile offenders for the 2025–26 fiscal year.
The Justice Services director described the CBAS MOA as state funding “for approved treatment programs for juvenile offenders at no cost to the county for the 24 through 26 fiscal years,” and said the funding can cover substance-abuse treatment, residential programs, psychological evaluations and regular mental-health treatment when other funding is not available. A member of the public asked for clarification of the SUDS acronym; staff replied it stands for “substance use disorder system.”
The board recorded that the food line item funded under the lottery-tax adjustment is for juvenile residents in the detention center, not staff.
Action details: the commissioners approved Resolution No. 20Five‑thirty8 to schedule $20,000 in revenue into probation services accounts and accepted the two MOAs as described by staff. Staff said the clinical-services MOA replaces a prior motion because the document and dollar amounts were corrected after last week.
The agreements and budget adjustment were presented as actions that increase local capacity to provide in‑community treatment rather than sending juveniles to state facilities when services are unavailable.
Board members had no further public deliberation recorded prior to the votes.
